The Prophet Muhammad A simple Guide to his Life
The Prophet in the Qur’an
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struggle to proclaim the truth was the feeling of
wishing others well, and was certainly unrelated to
the fulfillment of any personal or communal goal.
He rose for the betterment of the people and not to
satisfy his own personal interests.
According to Abdullah ibn Masood, the Prophet
observed: People are falling in the fire like flies and
I hold them by the waist to prevent them from
falling into the fire.
(Musnad Ahmad)
The picture this hadith gives us of the Prophet
defines for all time what a
dayee
of Islam should be
like. He should have two special qualities in
particular: First, he should have complete trust in
God; second, his heart should have nothing but love
and well-wishing for the
madu.
He will certainly
face all sorts of complaints and animosity from the
madu;
there might be friction and discord,
communal as well as material, between the
dayee
and the
madu.
But, despite all this, he has to adopt a
non-confrontational policy in all matters of
contention, never allowing any other feeling for the
madu
to enter his heart, save that of love and
well-wishing.
